Nutrition Science & Food Groups
📋 What it is
Food gives us nutrients — carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals — each with a job in the body.
🗣️ Coach says
Food isn’t just fuel — it’s a supply of NUTRIENTS your body needs. Carbohydrates give quick energy, proteins build and repair, fats store energy and protect, and vitamins and minerals keep systems running. A balanced variety of foods provides them all — no single food does everything.
🧠 Memory hook
Nutrients: carbs (energy) · protein (build/repair) · fats (store/protect) · vitamins+minerals (keep running). Balance!
😂 Giggle
What did the butter say to the bread?
"I'm on a roll!"
😲 Whoa!
Your body can’t make vitamin C on its own — unlike most animals — which is why humans must eat it, and why sailors long ago got sick on long voyages without fresh fruit.
✅ Quick check: What is the main job of protein in your diet?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Building and repairing the body (muscles, tissues) — proteins are the body’s building blocks.
Protein supplies building/repair material.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Look at a meal and spot each food group — carbs, protein, veg — a balanced plate.